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[Johan Rootzén @JMRootzen]

@thinkprogress In a new paper published in @Climate_Policy we explore recent trends in primary energy use in key countries/regions (spoiler alert: it does not look pretty) and discuss the need for policies/strategies to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. https://t.co/O4qnR4FuiY

[Greg Muttitt @FuelOnTheFire]

Given climate limits, who has to #KeepItInTheGround, and who pays cost of transition? Considerations on #equity and #climatejustice in our paper in Climatic Change, with @KarthaSivan @NavrozDubash & Simon Caney https://t.co/fd7im0NFyH Thx editors @mlaz_sei & @harrovanasselt

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Mapped: All the coal plants in the world, 2000-2017

This is the most ambitious data journalism project I've ever worked on by far.

It took @_rospearce and I many, many hours – and learning new programming languages – to get over the finish line.

Enjoy!

https://t.co/q4FyxK7Zwg

[Tzeporah Berman @Tzeporah]

'Carbon bubble' could spark global financial crisis, study warns #cdnpoli #bcpoli https://t.co/CBQRPekuJD

[Richard Brooks ☀️ @R_BrooksStand]

The Fossil Fuel #Divestment movement is challenging Japan's banks to be climate leaders and stop funding coal, oil and gas projects.

https://t.co/3Y9tmsj0Sf via @nbcnews

[Mary Anne Hitt @maryannehitt]

1. Some banks may be re-investing in coal after promising not to do so, as @nytimes reported this week, but that doesn't mean #coal is coming back - not by a long shot. This THREAD explains why:

[Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene @elementascience]

Investment decisions have social impacts. This new #openaccess article shows that increasing faculty support for #FossilFuel #Divestment helps schools align investment practices w/their academic missions & values @jenniecstephens @PeterFrumhoff @LeehiYona https://t.co/fTWhwG19Df

[Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene @elementascience]

Fuelling #FossilFuel #Divestment: a Q&A with Jennie C. Stephens @jenniecstephens @PeterFrumhoff @LeehiYona https://t.co/xPETIAH8FC

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Gee, I wonder why that is. 🤔 https://t.co/oX4byE1tM2

[Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy]

Department of Energy's Steve Winberg says there is a need to educate the next generation of millennials to understand coal important and vital to the economy. Notes a lack of young people at the conference.

[Fossil Free Parliament @MP_FossilFree]

#DivestParliament pledges from Scottish MPs just keep rolling in...

Thank you @joannaccherry @IanMurrayMP @DeidreBrock @TommySheppard @cajardineMP & @DaniRowley for stepping up to #KeepItInTheGround by backing #divestment from fossil fuels!

https://t.co/oPFqr3nm91

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I wonder why 🤔
https://t.co/VoqBY6ZA09

[Jocelyn Timperley @jloistf]

Half a trillion $ of stranded fossil fuel power plants could be created by 2060, paper finds. & that's in 2C scenario, so not even as ambitious as Paris Agreement targets.

China & India most affected, where coal plants will need retired after 20–30 yrs

https://t.co/OGsQv9ElxV

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Church of #Ireland votes to exclude fully companies with a turnover of greater than 10 per cent from #fossilfuels production, by 2022. #Divestment https://t.co/6UhNamT9QH via @IrishTimes

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Last financial year, for the first time, #India added more #power capacity from #Renewables sources than #Coal. Time to #divest and go #beyondcoal.
https://t.co/JSIIHXU1nP

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Probably not (?) https://t.co/ysCoylnhEp

[Public Finance Focus @PF_Focus]

Should development banks be financing fossil fuels in this day and age? Join the debate. By @_HWright for @PfIntl https://t.co/JpYTjJq35i #ParisAgreement #environment #fossilfuels #renewable Registration is FREE

[Market Forces @market_forces]

Japan's 2nd largest insurance company will no longer finance coal-fired power plants overseas. The country's largest insurer is considering the same https://t.co/Wy7PqYfgT0

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A revolution is underway in the world's #power markets. #Renewables https://t.co/4x0LK4DPON

[Alexander Pfeiffer @alexjlpfeiffer]

A fifth of global power generation assets at risk of being stranded if the world were to meet its climate goals. A new paper out in ERL by @camjhep, @vogt_schilb, @bencaldecott and myself on #strandedassets and #powergeneration! https://t.co/QssWUw7YkK

[FT Energy @ftenergy]

Allianz to stop selling insurance to coal companies https://t.co/5JqyKBrcB7